.TH lkbib 1 "18 July 2024" "groff 1.23.0"
.SH Name
lkbib \- search bibliographic databases
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.SH Synopsis
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.SY lkbib
.RB [ \-n ]
.RB [ \-i\~\c
.IR fields ]
.RB [ \-p\~\c
.IR file ]
\&.\|.\|.\&
.RB [ \-t\~\c
.IR n ]
.I key
\&.\|.\|.
.YS
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.SY lkbib
.B \-\-help
.YS
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.SY lkbib
.B \-v
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.SY lkbib
.B \-\-version
.YS
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.SH Description
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.I \%lkbib
searches bibliographic databases for references containing keywords
.I key
and writes any references found to the standard output
stream.
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It reads databases given by
.B \-p
options
and then
(unless
.B \-n
is given)
a default database.
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The default database is taken from the
.I \%REFER
environment variable if it is set,
otherwise it is
.IR /usr/\:\%dict/\:\%papers/\:\%Ind .
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For each database
.I file
to be searched,
if an index
.RI file \%.i
created by
.MR \%indxbib 1
exists,
then it will be searched instead;
each index can cover multiple databases.
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.SH Options
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.B \-\-help
displays a usage message,
while
.B \-v
and
.B \-\-version
show version information;
all exit afterward.
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.TP
.BI \-i\~ string
When searching files for which no index exists,
ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
.IR string .
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.TP
.B \-n
Suppress search of default database.
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.TP
.BI \-p\~ file
Search
.IR file .
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Multiple
.B \-p
options can be used.
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.TP
.BI \-t\~ n
Require only the first
.I n
characters of keys to be given.
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The default
is\~6.
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.SH Environment
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.TP
.I REFER
Default database.
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.SH Files
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.TP
.I \%/usr/\:\%dict/\:\%papers/\:\%Ind
Default database to be used if the
.I \%REFER
environment variable is not set.
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.TP
.RI file \%.i
Index files.
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.SH "See also"
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\[lq]Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the Unix System\[rq],
by M.\& E.\& Lesk,
1978,
AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report No.\& 69.
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.MR \%lookbib 1 ,
.MR \%indxbib 1
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